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Check out my new touring i just picked up. I have found the need for a touring in my life after seeing countless modden E30 wagons. However i hate the design of the rear tailgate with its silly T shape and fixed taillights. After seeing an E34 Touring parked one day, i knew i had to have one and the search began.

3 weeks later, i had this in my driveway.

1993 BMW 520i Touring
Chassis done an amazing 16x,xxx miles, i cant believe it from the condtion
M52B20 Engine transplant done just over 60,000kilometers (Ex crashed E36)
Automatic, no plans to manual convert, you cant beat an auto for a cruiser
Lowered around 30mm (looks to me like more) on Vogtland springs, ride very nice
Has the split bootlid (glass can open seperately to tailgate) which is apparently rare
Authentic AC Schnitzer 17" Rims

Being 2L Auto, it likes to be driven slow, which is great for a daily and a cruiser, and also because im on 95 Demerits till July next year.

I know everyone says it, but they lie in comparison: Pictures do not do this car justice. I can quite honestly say, and not claiming, this is one of the most well looked after 10 year old + car. The paint was almost flawless when i picked it up except for a half dozen stone chips here and there. On the way back to wellington, a few more resulting from an a**hole truck driver failing to slow down for new seal and a lack of sign to warn me to drop back gave the front a few more and a chip in the windscreen. I will be getting all this replaced under insurance, ill just give it a month, i feel bad making a claim after taking out insurance the day before haha. When i went there, i was expecting this pile of crap to sit before me for the price i paid.

This is what happens when you leave your BMW E30 and your Volvo Touring in the garage over night together. Three months later, one of these pop out. (It takes after its mother for the most part, which is a good thing considering the father walked out)

1993 BMW 520i Touring
Chassis done an amazing 16x,xxx miles, i cant believe it from the condtion
M52B20 Engine transplant done just over 60,000kilometers (Ex crashed E36)
Automatic, no plans to manual convert, you cant beat an auto for a cruiser
Lowered around 30mm (looks to me like more) on Vogtland springs, ride very nice
Has the split bootlid (glass can open seperately to tailgate) which is apparently rare
Authentic AC Schnitzer 17" Rims

Being 2L Auto, it likes to be driven slow, which is great for a daily and a cruiser, and also because im on 95 Demerits till July next year.

I know everyone says it, but they lie in comparison: Pictures do not do this car justice. I can quite honestly say, and not claiming, this is one of the most well looked after 10 year old + car. The paint was almost flawless when i picked it up except for a half dozen stone chips here and there. On the way back to wellington, a few more resulting from an a**hole truck driver failing to slow down for new seal and a lack of sign to warn me to drop back gave the front a few more and a chip in the windscreen. I will be getting all this replaced under insurance, ill just give it a month, i feel bad making a claim after taking out insurance the day before haha. When i went there, i was expecting this pile of crap to sit before me for the price i paid.

Enjoy i know i will!!

(btw i know this is the E30 forum, but thought you might be interested anyway haha)

This e30 is now being parted out. NO body panels are for sale, bumpers/fenders/hood/mirrors/valance or front turn signals. Everything else is up for grabs. Euro grills/cluster are sold, suspension/brakes/LSD/rear tails are already spoken for.

Haha well i have a full time job, plus i import/sell/trade BMW parts, 95% of which are E30 parts (used to buy whole cars and strip them, but i usually only deal with the rarer stuff now). I have other money making intrests as well, but they are my main incomes

Haha well i have a full time job, plus i import/sell/trade BMW parts, 95% of which are E30 parts (used to buy whole cars and strip them, but i usually only deal with the rarer stuff now). I have other money making intrests as well, but they are my main incomes

So you're Steve, but with a real job.

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This e30 is now being parted out. NO body panels are for sale, bumpers/fenders/hood/mirrors/valance or front turn signals. Everything else is up for grabs. Euro grills/cluster are sold, suspension/brakes/LSD/rear tails are already spoken for.

This e30 is now being parted out. NO body panels are for sale, bumpers/fenders/hood/mirrors/valance or front turn signals. Everything else is up for grabs. Euro grills/cluster are sold, suspension/brakes/LSD/rear tails are already spoken for.

**** yeah! surprisingly this is the first set of tyres i have specifically gone through a catalogue and chosen that i have ever brought, ive never had cars long enough lol, and the rims i buy always have sport tyres on them. But im always a firm believer of good tyres, its the only thing holding you to the road and not floating away when you hit water/gravel/etc
Brigdestone RE001 too!

When I had my Celica, I had 17x7.5-8" wheels, had Bridgestone Potenzas on it, and they were getting bald so I looked them up to replace them. Said **** that and just sold the wheels, then the car, then it was e30 time.

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This e30 is now being parted out. NO body panels are for sale, bumpers/fenders/hood/mirrors/valance or front turn signals. Everything else is up for grabs. Euro grills/cluster are sold, suspension/brakes/LSD/rear tails are already spoken for.

So another report. I sold the M52 conversion from my E30 which has freed up a lot of cash. My head tells me I should really be putting this into the house, but thats progressing well enough to do without.

Should be getting the car back from the paintshop in the next few days, and then its off to Jon @ JKSouthern European to have the front brakes ripped out and replaced with brand new 540i bits, which are a lot larger than the existing stuff. BMW must have thought that 520i buyers werent worth saving lol. Again, a task i could fit myself, but its more cost effective to work and pay someone to do it for me, and i know im not going to get a **** job too as his services are excellent. In adition to 540i bits, it will also get braided lines so it really should be up to whatever i throw at it this side of 200km/h.

Have removed the MSPEC1 plate which will be for sale soon, and have put my ETHRTY plates back on the car. Okay the car is not an E30, but lets call it a tribute to the car that started the BMW passion in my heart. Also, seeing as its my handle on most of the forums, makes photos automatically copyright

Have also decided on what engine the car is going to be repowered with, though this wont happen just yet. I need the car for a trackday in september and also my brothers school ball (prom), which is going to leave a small window between that finishing and summer starting. Id rather be spluttering around with the paperweight up front than not at all over summer. that not to say it wont happen before then though

1/ lower suspension - not sure if i want to go the bag, coilover or static routes. All have thier pros and cons, and are each worth the money for different reasons. that said i dont want to regret my decision, im just mulling it over. I can always get money back from a better static setupup, but the coils and bags have a very limited resale here, being E34 which arent commonly modified from what ive seen.
2/ I am thinking about getting some of the three peice 18" schnitzer for it with a bit of dish. this would be the last thing i do, as big money for little gain. Also have another set of wheels id like to part with cash for, but not sure on those either.
3/ Prehaps the only definate further exterior mod: I need to order a right inner tailight as the inner ones on at the moment, while uncracked, are spidered. have the left one...
4/ Not too sure on if i should go for the wider facelift/v8 grills or stick with the standard narrow ones as fitted now.

interior and engine bay will be were most of the remaining spending is going.